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Beacon Hill The Life and Times of a Neighborhood / Moying Li-Marcus ; [new foreword by Jeffrey E. Klee].

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Li-Marcus, Moying, 1954- author.
Contributor:
Klee, Jeffrey E., writer of foreword.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Massachusetts--Boston--Beacon Hill.
Massachusetts.
Massachusetts--Boston.
Boston (Mass.)--History.
Boston (Mass.).
Beacon Hill (Boston, Mass.)--History.
Beacon Hill (Boston, Mass.).
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 online resource xvi, 176 pages) : illustrations (some color), map
Place of Publication:
Northeastern University Press
Language Note:
English
Summary:
An insightful study of urban transformation recalls four centuries in the life of Boston's most famous neighborhood, tracing social, economic, and political changes in the community. Originally published by Northeastern University Press in 2002. With a new foreword by Jeffrey E. Klee.
Contents:
A New Vision for an Old Hill, 1630-1900
The Shawmut Peninsula
When Patriots Gathered
The Mount Vernon Proprietors
Moving Mountains
Literally
Enclave of Charm: Louisburg Square
"Brahmins" on the South Slope
Sliding Fortunes
The North Slope
America's First Black Church
The Fight against Slavery
Beacon Hill Bohemian
The Beacon Hill Renaissance, 1900-1930
"Streetfighter": Marian Nichols
Real Estate Savvy: The Codmans
Architectural Passion: Frank A. Bourne
Launching the Beacon Hill Association
A Gentleman and a "Bull Dog": Arthur D. Hill
Developers, Beware
A Tale of Two Main Streets
Enter the Automobile
The "Lost Generation"
Christmas on the Hill
War & Peace, 1940-1950
Japanese and Other "Strangers"
Return of the GI
The Brick Savers Ride Again
Mothers against Storrow Drive
Nowhere to Go but Down
West End Story
A Hill for History
Reinventing Beacon Hill, 1960-2000
Awakenings
Battle for the North Slope
Today's Interior, Yesterday's Wall
Town and Gown
The Summer of Love
The '60s Generation Digs In
Hill House
Charles Street Fair
Small Miracles
Beacon Hill Village in the New Millennium.
Notes:
Description based on print version record.
Open access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program.
The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No derivatives 4.0 International License
Reprint of 2002 edition with new foreword.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-165) and index.
OCLC:
1102419654
Access Restriction:
Open access Unrestricted online access

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